Cornerstone Church Weymouth

Registered charity 1174581 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as EBENEZER, EBENEZER EVANGELICAL CHURCH, EBENEZER EVANGELICAL CHURCH, WEYMOUTH

Activities include weekly coffee morning, community lunch, evening prayer, Bible study or Missionary evening. There is a parent and toddler group and evening youth group. The church provides an office for the local CAP team and support mission around the world.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC -BY PROVIDING AN INDEPENDENT EVANGELICAL CHURCH FOR PUBLIC WORSHIP AND PRIVATE PRAYER; CARRYING ON, PARTICIPATE IN AND SUPPORT ACTIVITIES TO SPREAD THE CHRISTIAN FAITH AND TO SERVE THE NEEDS OF THE LOCALITY;TO SERVE THE PEOPLE OF WEYMOUTH AND SURROUNDING AREAS IN DORSET AS PARTICULAR NEEDS ARISE FROM TIME TO TIME; TO SUPPORT MISSIONARY WORK LOCALLY, IN THE UK AND ABROAD; AND TO SEND MONEY FOR THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND DEVELOPMENT.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Dorset, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£42k
Latest spending
£68k
Registered
2017
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a net deficit of £25,915 for the year, with total expenditure of £68,184 exceeding income of £42,269. The trustees report that cash funds decreased from £251,211 to £224,323, while unrestricted reserves stood at £223,145 at year-end. The trustees maintain a reserves policy target of £30,000, which is significantly exceeded by the current unrestricted cash position.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Tithes and Offerings (81% of income)
“Tithes and Offerings 31,320” — page 11
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: £30,000 (reserves figure: £223k)
“The Trustees aim to maintain free reserves of £30,000 held in the current and deposit account equivalent to a year of average giving to the general fund and including £10,000 to cover any possible urgent building repairs.” — page 7
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/09/2025

  • Volunteers: 15

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/09/2024

  • Volunteers: 25
  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/09/2023

  • Volunteers: 25
  • Government income: £200 — grants £200 (1); under 1% of the £32,235 total gross income on the same return
  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Dorset

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/09/2025£42k£68k
30/09/2024£47k£48k
30/09/2023£32k£43k
30/09/2022£27k£34k
30/09/2021£28k£31k

Common questions

Is Cornerstone Church Weymouth financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity incurred a net deficit of £25,915 for the year, with total expenditure of £68,184 exceeding income of £42,269. The trustees report that cash funds decreased from £251,211 to £224,323, while unrestricted reserves stood at £223,145 at year-end. The trustees maintain a reserves policy target of £30,000, which is significantly exceeded by the current unrestricted cash position. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds Cornerstone Church Weymouth?

Funders whose own accounts filings name Cornerstone Church Weymouth as a grant recipient include THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HUGHENDEN.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CORNERSTONE CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP (WINLATON).

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
Cornerstone Church Weymouth£42k—0unclear—no doubt
CORNERSTONE CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP (WINLATON) FY2025£97k—0unclear—no doubt
CORNERSTONE EVANGELICAL CHURCH FY2025£1.2m—0unclear—no doubt
CORNERSTONE CHURCH (OXFORD) FY2025£127k—0unclear—no doubt
CORNERSTONE CHURCH SWANSEA FY2026£344k—0above—no doubt
CORNERSTONE CITY CHURCH FY2025£478k—0below—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.